Management tool overview, Front panel display, Chapter 3 – management tool overview – Texas Memory Systems 325 User Manual
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Chapter 3 – Management Tool
Overview 
 
3.1 Front Panel Display
The Front Panel Display provides a quick and easy way view the RamSan’s
status. It displays the current progress of disk synchronization and shows 
system warnings and failures. 
 
The RamSan’s front panel allows you to: 
• Inspect the state of the system
• Change the method of IP address assignment
• Shutdown the system
 
Figure 3-1 displays the RamSan-320’s front panel: 
Figure 3-1: RamSan-320 Front Panel
Four buttons located to the left of the display are used to make selections:
Menu The
Menu button has two functions:
• Function 1:
On any of the status or performance displays, pressing the
“Menu” button launches the RamSan Main Menu.
• Function 2:
Escape function. Once the menu is open, pressing “Menu” 
returns the user to the prior screen. 
Select When a menu item is on the display, pressing “Select” will
either: execute that menu option or proceed to the next layer
in the menu. If the menu is not selected, this button is 
disabled. 
 
↑ 
The “↑” button scrolls up through the menu. The “↑” button is
also used cancel certain commands, as indicated on the display. 
If the menu is not selected, this button is disabled. 
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